Brief Bio

Dr. Eric Christian is a Senior Research Scientist in the Heliospheric Laboratory (Code 672) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the lead scientist for the Energetic Particle Laboratory. He is the Deputy Principal Investigator for the Integrated Scientific Investigation of the Sun (ISIS) instrument suite on the Solar Probe Plus mission. He is Mission Scientist for the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) and Deputy Project Scientist for the Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) and the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE). Between 2002 and 2008, Dr. Christian worked at NASA Headquarters as the Program Scientist for a number of missions, including the two Voyager spacecraft. His scientific interests are the origin of energetic particles (galactic cosmic rays, anomalous cosmic rays, solar energetic particles, and energetic neutral atoms) and the design, construction, integration and test of particle detectors. He has also done scientific work on Voyager as well as a large number of sub-orbital balloon experiments. He has been active in NASA Education and Public Outreach for his entire career. Dr. Christian has a BA in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Pennsylvania (1982) and a PhD in Physics from the California Institute of Technology (1989).

Brief Bio

Dr. Eric Christian is a Senior Research Scientist in the Heliospheric Laboratory (Code 672) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the lead scientist for the Energetic Particle Laboratory. He is the Deputy Principal Investigator for the Integrated Scientific Investigation of the Sun (ISIS) instrument suite on the Solar Probe Plus mission. He is Mission Scientist for the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) and Deputy Project Scientist for the Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) and the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE). Between 2002 and 2008, Dr. Christian worked at NASA Headquarters as the Program Scientist for a number of missions, including the two Voyager spacecraft. His scientific interests are the origin of energetic particles (galactic cosmic rays, anomalous cosmic rays, solar energetic particles, and energetic neutral atoms) and the design, construction, integration and test of particle detectors. He has also done scientific work on Voyager as well as a large number of sub-orbital balloon experiments. He has been active in NASA Education and Public Outreach for his entire career. Dr. Christian has a BA in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Pennsylvania (1982) and a PhD in Physics from the California Institute of Technology (1989).